Infrastructure Archives | Great Lakes Now https://www.greatlakesnow.org/category/water-quality-and-restoration-efforts/infrastructure/ Great Lakes Now shares stories about the unique culture and history of the Great Lakes basin Fri, 16 May 2025 14:36:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/cropped-gln-avatar-32x32.jpg Infrastructure Archives | Great Lakes Now https://www.greatlakesnow.org/category/water-quality-and-restoration-efforts/infrastructure/ 32 32 An $80M cleanup made Muskegon Lake trendy. Will ‘eco-gentrification’ follow? https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/05/an-80m-cleanup-made-muskegon-lake-trendy-will-eco-gentrification-follow/ Wed, 14 May 2025 15:24:55 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=42499 An $80M cleanup made Muskegon Lake trendy. Will ‘eco-gentrification’ follow?

New luxury homes, yacht slips, and trendy hotels and restaurants are cropping up along the glittering waterfront of this west Michigan city.

Nothing unusual for the Lake Michigan coast, long known for beach towns that cater to summer vacationers and wealthy second-homers. But to those familiar with Muskegon’s blue collar history, it’s a stunning transformation.

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Southwest Detroit homes flooded, families displaced by water main rupture https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/southwest-detroit-homes-flooded-families-displaced-by-water-main-rupture/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/southwest-detroit-homes-flooded-families-displaced-by-water-main-rupture/#respond Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:48:02 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=40914 Southwest Detroit homes flooded, families displaced by water main rupture

By Isabelle Tavares, Planet Detroit

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Manuel Nolasco stood in frigid air outside his flooded Southwest Detroit home early Tuesday, chipping away at thick ice chunks that had frozen his car wheels in place.

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After water main break, officials say homes in Detroit’s Southwest will get repairs covered https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/after-water-main-break-officials-say-homes-in-detroits-southwest-will-get-repairs-covered/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/after-water-main-break-officials-say-homes-in-detroits-southwest-will-get-repairs-covered/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:34:38 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=40879 After water main break, officials say homes in Detroit’s Southwest will get repairs covered

By Adam Yahya Rayes and Sarah Cwiek, Michigan Public

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Blue Tech challenge aims at gathering business solutions to Great Lakes problems https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/blue-tech-challenge-aims-at-gathering-business-solutions-to-great-lakes-problems/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/02/blue-tech-challenge-aims-at-gathering-business-solutions-to-great-lakes-problems/#respond Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:45:03 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=40634 Blue Tech challenge aims at gathering business solutions to Great Lakes problems

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.

A business competition to tackle environmental and infrastructure issues in the Great Lakes kicked off last week.

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Great Lakes Moment: Connecting people to nature through The Great Lakes Way https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/01/great-lakes-moment-connecting-people-to-nature-through-the-great-lakes-way/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/01/great-lakes-moment-connecting-people-to-nature-through-the-great-lakes-way/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:11:33 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=40054 Great Lakes Moment: Connecting people to nature through The Great Lakes Way

A recent Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan report documents substantial progress in creating The Great Lakes Way — an interconnected set of greenways and water trails stretching from Port Huron, Michigan on southern Lake Huron to Toledo, Ohio on western Lake Erie.

In 2000, the Community Foundation polled metropolitan Detroit communities about obstacles to building greenways.

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Students at Michigan State and Wisconsin win EPA funding for environmental health innovations https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/11/students-at-michigan-state-and-wisconsin-win-epa-funding-for-environmental-health-innovations/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/11/students-at-michigan-state-and-wisconsin-win-epa-funding-for-environmental-health-innovations/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:56:36 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=39289 Students at Michigan State and Wisconsin win EPA funding for environmental health innovations

This article was republished here with permission from Great Lakes Echo.

By Isabella Figueroa, Great Lakes Echo

Student researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin are among the winners of an Environmental Protection Agency contest for innovations in sustainability.

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How northern Michiganders can help people affected by hurricanes https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/10/how-northern-michiganders-can-help-people-affected-by-hurricanes/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/10/how-northern-michiganders-can-help-people-affected-by-hurricanes/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 18:23:44 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=38940 How northern Michiganders can help people affected by hurricanes

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.

Hurricane Milton made landfall last week in Florida, even as communities across the southeast are still reeling from Hurricane Helene.

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A decade after Flint, feds require nationwide lead pipe removal https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/10/a-decade-after-flint-feds-require-nationwide-lead-pipe-removal/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/10/a-decade-after-flint-feds-require-nationwide-lead-pipe-removal/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:00:10 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=38861 A decade after Flint, feds require nationwide lead pipe removal

By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan

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Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects, Even as Federal Aid Hits Historic Highs https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/10/midwest-dam-safety-projects-funding/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/10/midwest-dam-safety-projects-funding/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:31:38 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=38763 Midwest States Struggle to Fund Dam Safety Projects, Even as Federal Aid Hits Historic Highs

By Kristoffer Tigue, Inside Climate News

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MINNEAPOLIS—A record amount of federal aid will soon flow to states to help fix, replace or demolish their aging dams, many of which are under increasing pressure as climate change fuels more frequent and severe extreme weather events.

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You can’t stop the lake https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/01/you-cant-stop-the-lake/ https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2024/01/you-cant-stop-the-lake/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:52:13 +0000 https://www.greatlakesnow.org/?p=35362 You can’t stop the lake

In Douglas, Michigan, houses dot the coast of Lake Michigan, with wooden stairs — some newly built, others with broken steps — descending the steep hillside to give shoreline residents access to the narrow sandy beach. When winds grow fierce, waves crash against the boulders and large sandbags stacked along the base of these homes.  

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